Natural hazards · Low Moor

Low Moor, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Low Moor comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Low Moor?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Low Moor to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Tornadoes13%Strong wind9%Cold waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Low Moor faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Low Moor flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Low Moor.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Low Moor isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Clinton County.

Disasters that hit Low Moor

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Low Moor itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Low Moor.

Brought FEMA money into Low MoorDeclared for Clinton County only

2020

Severe Storms

1 household applied for aid

Clinton County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Low Moor

Low Moor and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Low Moormostly inland floodingHigh

Clintonmostly inland floodingModerate

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Low Moor is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Low Moor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Low Moor. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.